Eligibility

Are you eligible for an NHS free eye test at home?

NHS Free Home Visits

One Optics are here for those who can’t get to their local optician or are housebound. We travel out to residents, in care homes or in the comfort of their own home, that require eyecare but live with age related conditions such as dementia.

Find out if you’re entitled to a free NHS sight test or an optical voucher to reduce the cost of glasses or contact lenses. Also if you are entitled to a free NHS home visit.

You’re entitled to a free NHS sight test if you:

  • are under 16
  • are 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time education (this includes being taught full-time at a school, college, university or at home)
  • are 60 or over
  • are registered as partially sighted or blind
  • have been diagnosed with diabetes or glaucoma
  • are 40 or over and your mother, father, sibling or child has been diagnosed with glaucoma
  • have been advised by an eye doctor (ophthalmologist) that you’re at risk of glaucoma
  • are a prisoner on leave from prison
  • are eligible for an NHS complex lens voucher – your optician can advise you about your entitlement

You’re also entitled if you or your partner – including civil partner – receive, or you’re under the age of 20 and the dependant of someone receiving:

If you’re eligible for a free NHS sight test, you may also be entitled to a free NHS HOME sight test:

  • At home – if you’re unable to leave home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability
  • At a residential or care home – if you’re a resident and unable to leave the home unaccompanied because of physical or mental illness or disability

If you are suffering from a condition such as:

  • Cognitive impairment
  • Dementia
  • Severe arthritis
  • A diagnosed mental illness
  • A condition that affects your mobility
  • A condition that affects your short term memory
  • An illness that requires constant medication (for example, oxygen)
  • A temporary medical reason prohibiting you from leaving your home (such as vertigo)
  • A temporary illness that prevents a person from leaving the home unaccompanied
  • A medical professional has advised you not to leave home without help

Please get in touch and we can talk through this with you.